(4)Written primarily for ESL and EFL students preparing to take language exams in English, this book presents 400 common phrasal verbs and the ways in which they are used in everyday American English. Phrasal verbs are word groups that include a verb combined with a preposition or an adverb. They are used not only as verbs but as nouns, such as comedown, breakup, or showoff. They might also be used as adjectives, such as spaced-out, burned-out, broken-down, and many others. This volume places phrasal verbs within the context of sentences, and presents hundreds of examples and exercises.
My Grammar and I (Or Should That Be 'Me'?): Old-School Ways to Sharpen Your English Can you tell when a sentence contains more cliches than you've had hot dinners, or if it's tautological and pointlessly repetitive? Is a preposition necessarily a bad thing to end a sentence with? Are you able to immediately spot a split infinitive? Or understand how, being accidentally misplaced, you can wreak nonsensical havoc with your modifiers? The English language is a veritable minefield of dos and don'ts, but this book explains the rules of our troublesome tongue in a humorous way, highlighting the most common mistakes of which we can all be guilty. Whether your schooling in English grammar amounted to 'a verb is a doing word and a noun is a naming word,' or whether you simply want to brush up your existing skills, this wittily observed yet informative book is guaranteed to enlighten and entertain.
